Topics

The Lakers rallied in the fourth quarter, trimming a 25-point deficit to the Houston Rockets to 11, but ultimately fell short to lose their eighth consecutive game, 99-87, on Sunday evening at Staples Center. Playing without center Dwight Howard, the Rockets were led by James Harden, who scored 37 points in 33 minutes. Harden also had eight rebounds and five assists. Jeremy Lin, Ronnie Price, Wesley Johnson, Ed Davis and Tarik Black spearheaded the Lakers' late, albeit futile, run. Black returned from a two-game absence after spraining his ankle in a loss to the Phoenix Suns. Coach Byron Scott stuck with a starting lineup of Jordan Clarkson, Wayne Ellington, Ryan Kelly, Jordan...

Related "Jason Terry" Articles

The Lakers rallied in the fourth quarter, trimming a 25-point deficit to the Houston Rockets to 11, but ultimately fell short to lose their eighth consecutive game, 99-87, on Sunday evening at Staples Center.
Playing without center Dwight Howard, the...

James Harden scored 21 points, and Trevor Ariza and Jason Terry added 16 each to help the short-handed Houston Rockets cruise to a 105-96 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night.
The Grizzlies (15-3) had won five in a row, and their two...

Broderick Turner picks the West (in predicted order of finish)
PLAYOFF-BOUND
1.San Antonio
2013-14 finish: 62-20.
Coming: Kyle Anderson.
Going: No one of significance.
Despite a storied history, the Spurs have never won back-to-back titles. In...

Bryce Petty and No. 10 Baylor had a nice housewarming party at their new riverfront campus stadium Sunday night in Waco, Texas, even though the quarterback was clearly not feeling his best.
Petty threw for 161 yards and accounted for three touchdowns...

DeAndre Jordan can ice the aching feet. He can wrap the tired knees.
Soothing his newest defensive asset requires a more creative remedy.
"A lot of tea," the Clippers center said late Saturday night. "Something with a lot of honey in...

When it became clear Blake Griffin wasn't injured in the third quarter, the Clippers felt much better about their chances of beating a short-handed Brooklyn Nets team Saturday night at Staples Center.
Griffin had a strong game throughout, collecting a...

The Lakers climbed back to .500 (7-7) after a perfect 2-0 record throughout Week 4.
So far this season, the Lakers have won on the road just once in five tries, although three were on the second night of back-to-backs.
Week 5 presents three away games...

Mavericks 96, Lakers 94 (final) After losing Game 1 in the last series against the New Orleans Hornets, the Lakers were certainly looking for a better start Monday night against the Dallas Mavericks in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal series. But t

1. The Lakers need to stop playing with a situational attitude. They spent the entire first half of Game 1 testing the waters, but then opportunity struck. Dallas guard Jason Terry made a horrific foul on Lamar Odom near half-court with .7 seconds left in the

The move always proved wishful thinking among fans and even Lamar Odom himself. The idea of featuring Odom, Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum on the floor at the same time conjured up images of a triple-tower lineup powering over opponents, proving impossible to stop

The Last Stand looked more like the Last Wobble. History is standing between the Lakers and a second-round exit at the hands of the Mavericks after Dallas stunned them, 98-92, on Friday night in Dallas. No NBA team has ever managed to come back from a 3-0 defi

Mavericks 122, Lakers 86 (final) In a game not befitting the long and successful career of Coach Phil Jackson, the Lakers were embarrassed by the Dallas Mavericks, 122-86, and swept out of the Western Conference semifinals, four game to none. It wasn’t that th

Game stories -- The Times' Mike Bresnahan details the carnage of the Lakers' 122-86 Game 4 loss Sunday to the Dallas Mavericks. Bresnahan also reports that the Lakers' main option to rebuild their roster entails trades because they don't have a first-round pic

No matter who guarded him, how closely his opponent contested the shot or how off-balance his jumpers became, nothing stopped Dirk Nowitzki from scoring. No matter who guarded him, how hard his opponent tried to shut off the driving lane and how quickly the de

With the unfortunate news that legendary wrestler Macho Man Randy Savage has died, a few things popped into my mind. His catch phrase, "Oh Yeahhhhh" won't leave my head. I suddenly want to "snap into a Slim Jim." And I've been endlessly asking myself, how can

Privately, Lakers forward Ron Artest believed the team would have no problem handling the Dallas Mavericks in the 2011 Western Conference semifinals. Said Artest on ABC 7's "Sportszone": "I thought we were going to sweep them." Publicly, Lakers forward Matt Ba